Math Mystery

Can you Solve It?

Follow the clues below for Primary or Intermediate.

On a piece of paper write your name and show your work.

Turn the paper into your teacher by February 5th.

PRIMARY

Pancakes! How many different ways can you arrange 17 pancakes into 3 stacks with a different number of pancakes in each stack? Is 0 a stack? How many different arrangements into 3 stacks can you make with 19 pancakes? Draw a picture of your solution.

INTERMEDIATE

If 872 pancakes can be made in 1 hour, how many pancakes can be made per minute? How many pancakes can be made in 2 hours? How many pancakes can be made in 30 seconds? Show your work and your solution strategies